SPOTTING ERROR
Directions (1-10): Read each sentence to find
out whether there is any grammatical error in it.
1. The relationship between (
1) / small and large business in (2) / many countries have changed (3)/
considerable due to modern franchising (4)./ No error (5)
2. My friend will not only
(1) / receive you at the (2) / station and also (3)/ have you as a guest in his
house (4)/ No error(5)
3. Each of the (1)/ mistakes
have (2) / to be corrected before (3) /printing the article. (4)/ No error(5)
4. Which time (1)/ do you
have to (2) / go to (3) / the dentist tomorrow? (4)/ No error.(5)
5. The journalist along with
(1)/ the camera crew were (2) / kidnapped by the (3) / militants last night.
(4) / No error (5)
6. She told her son (1) / to
wait in the car (2) / until she does not (3) / return from the shop. (4) / No
error(5)
7. The number of flu cases
(1) / is decreasing slowly, (2)/ thanks to the (3) / timely governmental
efforts. (4) / No error (5)
8. The principal
spotted Indira (1) / which was sitting in (2)/ the canteen at the time when
(3)/ she should be attending the classes. (4) / No error(5)
9. If I will (1) / meet (2)
/ Nayan in the meeting, (3) / I will give him your message(4)/ No error(5)
10. Without a doubt, (1) /
Ahmad is the most (2) / sincere of all the (3) / student in the class. (4) / No
error (5)
ANSWERS
With Explanations:
1. (3) The structure of
some sentence is :
Noun
+ Preposition + Noun + Preposition + ……..
In
such sentences, the Verb is used according to the Number and Person of the Noun
used before the first preposition.
For
example:
The cost of production of consumer goods in all countries is increasing.
Hence,
in the given sentence, has changed ‘should be used in place of ‘have
changed’.
2. (3) There are some words
which always come in pairs and function as conjunction. These are called
correlatives. These are : either ….. or, neither …. Nor, both ….. and , not
only ….. but also , as much …. as.
The
rule behind their use is : the part of speech that is used with the first part
must also be used with the other part.
For
Example:
He gave me not only a book but also money.
↕
↕
(Noun) (Noun)
So,
‘and also’ should
be replaced by ‘but also’
3. (2) If the subject of a
sentence be a Distributive Pronoun (each / everyone / either / neither), then
the Verb is always singular.
For
example:
Each of them has come.
Here,
the use of Plural Verb will be incorrect.
Therefore,
‘have’ should be replaced by ‘has’.
4. (1)‘Which time’ should
be replaced by ‘when’
5. (2): The subject (Nouns
/ Pronouns) Connected with ‘alongwith’ ‘together with’ have the Verb’
according to the number of the first Subject. Here, ‘Journalist is
singular. Hence, Singular Verb’ ‘was‘should be used.
6. (3): Use
affirmative sentence after ‘Until’.
Look
at the sentences:
You
are not going out until you have finished this.
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(affirmative sentence)
7. (5)
8. (2) : Who is
used to show which person or people you mean.
Hence,
use ‘who’ in place of ‘which’.
9. (1): If two events
(conditional) are possible in future, then first one is used In Simple Present.
Hence,
replace ‘If I will meet’ by ‘If I meet’.
10. (4): Countable
Noun/ Pronoun after ‘all’ is plural. Hence, replace,‘student in the
class’ by ‘students in the class’.
